NASCAR truck racer Ray Ciccarelli says he's quitting after Confederate flag ban

[RandySF]

Ciccarelli is a 50-year-old racer. He currently participates in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 49 Chevrolet Silverado for CMI Motorsports.

Not much longer, it would appear.

On Wednesday, NASCAR announced that it was banning the flying of Confederate flags at its races. Also Wednesday, Ciccarelli shared a message on his Facebook page indicating he will quit racing after the 2020 season:

“Well its been a fun ride and dream come true but if this is the direction Nascar is headed we will not participate after 2020 season is over, i don’t believe in kneeling during Anthem nor taken ppl right to fly what ever flag they love. I could care less about the Confederate Flag but there are ppl that do and it doesn’t make them a racist all you are doing is f****** one group to cater to another and i ain’t spend the money we are to participate in any political BS!! So everything is for SALE!! Sarah Ciccarelli”

Out of 18 career races on the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, Ciccarelli has placed in the top 10 once.

To quote Ciccarelli, “The direction NASCAR is headed” is a big deal on this day. The professional racing league announced it will from this moment forward ban the Confederate flag at its events.



https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/nascar-truck-racer-ray-ciccarelli-says-he-s-quitting-after-confederate-flag-ban/ar-BB15j5QA?ocid=ob-tw-enus-677

[Skittles]

1. awww

[vercetti2021]

2. Go back go stock car rallies then

Nascar is done with ya'll country bumpkins

[redstatebluegirl]

49. The local dirt tracks are going to see a lot more people I bet.

We had one close to my house growing up. That is where everyone went on Saturday night in the spring and summer. It was full of really scary people. I quit going my Senior year in HS because I got into a heated argument with a nut.

[Ilsa]

3. My one question:

Who?

He won't be missed.

[SoonerPride]

4. Snowflake says what?

Bye Felicia.

[Drum]

13. Lol

[GusFring]

5. Why wait till after 2020. They should fire him now.

[MichMan]

20. Uh, he drives his own truck

[GusFring]

26. In their races. Just tell him to take his truck and go to hell.

[RandiFan1290]

43. Do you agree with Ray Ciccarelli?

[MichMan]

46. Not at all, just replying that it is unlikely he will fire himself

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. What about a Mexican flag?

Would he be upset about such a ban then?

[jmowreader]

37. It wouldn't surprise me to see some of those

Daniel Suarez, a Mexican citizen, is a Cup driver.

[highplainsdem]

7. NASCAR writer George Diaz just skewered him:

Link to tweet

A moment of silence as #NASCAR mourns the loss of racin' redneck Ray Ciccarelli, who is going to take his Confederate flag, Hurt Feelings and zero wins and no poles in 18 races and go home to mama

[Drum]

12. Just like the confederacy did. The final confed flag was the white flag of surrender, after all....

[SunSeeker]

18. Yup!

[oasis]

16. Ziiiing!

[Cha]

22. Ouch!

[napi21]

8. The only reason he's racing is to promote the Confederate flag???? That's disgusting! n/t

[Hoyt]

9. Typical of drivers, teams, and fans, with a few exceptions.

[LonePirate]

10. So kneeling during the anthem is wrong but supporting traitors and enemies of America is fine?

Those racists sure have some selective and conflicting values.

[OAITW r.2.0]

30. Thank you...you saved me another post and precious keyboard characters to same the exact same thing.

[Drum]

11. AKA Losing trend?

What a huge loss for the new confederacy

[Freedomofspeech]

14. What you do is so fucking important.

Go back to you county fair's. You are so vitally important to life.

[SunSeeker]

15. Bye Ray!

[NRaleighLiberal]

17. can't have the races without the racism for these assholes, it seems.

[Cha]

19. Awww..

[unblock]

21. takes political bs stand because he doesn't want to participate in political bs.

of course, the reality is that the vast majority of people who retire do not do it for some political statement of the moment.

he's clearly a hack and i guarantee that if he thought he had a realistic shot at big money he'd take an action other than retiring.

in other words, he already decided to retire, he's just claiming one reason to hide a more embarrassing reason.

[Cosmocat]

41. That is my take

hes gotta be losing $$$.

Very likely he was thinking about quiting before now, but believes what he is saying, using that as an excuse, possibly trying to build conservative cred to turn toward that easy con huckster $$$ if he can.

[yonder]

23. Fill that pickup bed with moonshine, fix your nazi flag to the door

and go back to running booze the way your good daddy told you.

[EarlG]

24. Well...

[oasis]

25. What are his chances of being a special guest at the Trump rally in Tulsa?

[Hassler]

27. He can always get a job guarding a Robert E Lee statue

Until it gets tossed in a river.

[TreasonousBastard]

28. There's always demolition derby.

[Norbert]

29. NASCAR will really miss his 31st place finishes.

[BGBD]

31. 18 career

starts, in the truck series, at 50 years old.

Is this really him "leaving" or did his sponsors already tell him he's being dropped and this is an easier excuse then that he just sucks?

[Mopar151]

32. Ding ding ding

Out of money, sponsors, or friends. Sponsors don't like whiny losers. And they've heard this story, many times. This place doesn't deserve me? Whatever....

[Cosmocat]

42. yep

nm

[dawg day]

33. Well, I'm sure he'll be missed... not

[Quixote1818]

34. Buh bye

[JHB]

47. Meh. If the door smacks him, I'm fine with it.

[VOX]

35. Key phrase: "...all you are doing is f****** one group to cater to another."

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As in, “How dare you put the needs of those damn *bleep* first, BEFORE before the delusional needs of us useless white trash?”

[Elwood P Dowd]

36. The Truck Series is like AA minor league baseball in the NASCAR pecking order.

There are three types of drivers in that series ; really young guys (some even teenagers) trying to learn the ropes and hopefully advance to Xfinity or CUP; older experienced guys are who are decent enough drivers to make a good living driving the truck series but not good enough to advance much; and then there are guys like Ciccarelli who are there to just to fill out the starting grid and hopefully not get in the way and cause too many wrecks.

This is a terrible loss for NASCAR. All 3 members of the Ciccarelli Fan Club will no longer be buying tickets to future races.

Please note that at some of the Truck Series events you might see a CUP guy or Xfinity guy in the field. I know 2-time CUP Champion Kyle Bush owns his own truck team and sometimes runs in them. He usually wins.

[jayfish]

38. Hmmm... Doesn't Believe In Kneeling For The Anthem But...

worships the flag of a traitor nation made up of slavers. Got it. I wonder what they would have been doing during the Anthem?

[RockRaven]

39. Any chance his sorry ass can take the entire auto-racing universe with him as we all

send a big old "Bye Felicia" in their direction?

And take golf with you!!!

[stopbush]

40. Don't let the door hit ya...

[malaise]

44. You racists lost the war

Take your loser flag and fuck off

[Hav]

45. So what Nascar does seems to work

Slowly getting rid of the racists.
I also love how some always stress the importance of freedom when it's of interest to them but deny the same privileges so easily for others.

[Demovictory9]

48. twitter is setting him straight

[Happy Hoosier]

50. Well.... bye.....NT

[bluecollar2]

51. Hasta la vista pendejo....n/t

[MineralMan]

52. Bye, Felicia...

[lagomorph777]

53. Buh-bye shithead. Is NASCAR still a thing?

[MichMan]

54. Apparently it must be or no one would comment

Since I have no interest in Soccer for example, I wouldn't even bother to read a post about the sport much less bother to comment on it.